Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic
The Generate download script in Synaptic is really useful, but if you can't get to the internet, you can't find the programs or the updates you want to Generate the download script for. for example If some one installed Hardy for the first time and he needs to get filezilla. he started Synaptic and searched for filezilla but couldn't find any thing. so he couldn't generate download script. So I think Synaptic is missing something vital for people without internet. I know about the manual way to copy the package lists from another computer but that isn't a solution. I expect to be able to update the package lists from a file like deb file, or to generate script that enables me to download the files from another computer with internet and then I should be be able to update the local lists from them. at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OfflineUpdateSpec it says: "The synaptic script eases downloading packages on online machines and installing them on offline machines later. But no package lists will be updated and thus no security updates propagate to the offline machines this way." Hardy 8.04 Synaptic 0.61 ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: synaptic The Generate download script in Synaptic is really useful, but if you can't get to the internet, you can't find the programs or the updates you want to Generate the download script for. for example If some one installed Hardy for the first time and he needs to get filezilla. he started Synaptic and searched for filezilla but couldn't find any thing. so he couldn't generate download script. So I think Synaptic is missing something vital for people without internet. I know about the manual way to copy the package lists from another computer but that isn't a solution. I expect to be able to update the package lists from a file like deb file, or to generate script that enables me to download the files from another computer with internet and then I should be be able to update the local lists from them. + at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OfflineUpdateSpec it says: + "The synaptic script eases downloading packages on online machines and installing them on offline machines later. But no package lists will be updated and thus no security updates propagate to the offline machines this way." + Hardy 8.04 Synaptic 0.61 -- Synaptic's Generate download script does not update package lists https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
